Bernie Sanders Is Closing in on Hillary Clinton in the Polls

Voters are ready to feel the bern.

A new poll from Quinnipiac University has some bad news for Hillary Clinton, who was once considered a shoo-in for the White House, and some good news for Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who was considered to be nothing but a dreamer. Conducted from February 2-4, it shows the two candidates in a virtual tie in their bids for the Democratic nomination: Clinton holds 44% to Sanders's 42% with a 2.9 % error of margin. In the same poll in December, Vice News reports that Clinton held a 31% lead over Sanders.

It's the first poll since the candidates faced off in Iowa, which also ended in a near-tie, and showed that maybe Sanders's lofty ambitions for a political revolution aren't that unattainable and that his views are resonating with voters. Sanders has created a lot of buzz for his campaign from millennials with his rally to combat the income gap and his promise of free public college tuition. No doubt his strong finish in Iowa proved to some voters that he might actually have the right message and passion to win this election, and that's being reflected in the current poll.

With the New Hampshire primary right around the corner, and Sanders leading by large margins in there and in poll match-ups against potential Republican opponents for the general election, Clinton has a lot of catching up to do and hearts to win in a race that was previously seen as nothing more than a formality for her.